Just 25% say news organizations generally get the facts straight, while 66% say stories are often inaccurate.

Nearly seven-in-ten (69%) Americans say the death of their local newspaper would have no impact or only a minor one on their ability to get local news, but they still count on newspapers for specific local topics.

When asked which economic issue worries them most, 43% of Americans cite the job situation compared to 22% who say it is the federal budget deficit.

A plurality of Americans (43%) say one reason that the U.S. has not suffered another major attack since 9/11 is that the government has done a good job in its anti-terrorist efforts, but others (35%) say the country has been lucky.

In the last year, Spanish-language media tended to fare better overall than their mainstream English-language counterparts, and some of the biggest growth was in television. Univision led the way with 1.9 million primetime viewers, making it the fifth-largest U.S. network.

More than eight-in-ten American adults own cell phones and about three-quarters of them send and receive text messages. Text messaging users send or receive an average of 41.5 messages on a typical day.

In most regions of the world, opinion of the United States continues to be more favorable than it was in the Bush years.